The Steelers have named their offensive and defensive team captains for the 2013 season. Ben Roethlisberger and Maurkice Pouncey were chosen on offense. Ryan Clark and Brett Keisel were named as defensive team captains. No special teams captain was selected as of yet.
This marks the fifth year that Roethlisberger has been named team captain and the second consecutive year for Keisel.
In what you might call a surprise move, the Steelers have waived John Malecki in order to sign C/G Cody Wallace. Wallace has spent time on various practice squads over the past few years, and was just waived by Tampa Bay during their final roster cuts. Wallace is 6-4, 300 lbs.
Wallace drew somewhat sporadic grades from ProFootballFocus during the preseason. He scored well in run blocking during some games, and poorly in others. He is a four year veteran.
The Cardinals have claimed former Steelers 4th round draft pick Alameda Ta’amu off of waivers. Ta’amu was released by the Steelers yesterday after losing the battle for the backup NT spot to Hebron Fangupo.
Ta’amu was suspended by the team last fall and subsequently released after being arrested for DWI and other charges. The team signed him back to the practice squad last November where he spent the remainder of the season.
He missed a good deal of time during camp due to a hamstring injury, but looked promising in his preseason performance.
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LB Adrian Robinson was claimed off waivers by the Denver Broncos today. He is slated to practice tomorrow and will play special teams. Robinson was traded by the Steelers August 23rd in exchange for Felix Jones from the Eagles. The Eagles released Robinson Friday.
The Steelers have signed the following eight players to their practice squad:
OL Chris Hubbard
OL Joe Long
RB Alvester Alexander
DE Brian Arnfelt
LB Alan Baxter
LB Terence Garvin
DB Devin Smith
WR Justin Brown
Some notable exclusions from that list are Marshall McFadden and 5th round pick Terry Hawthorne. I expect that Spaeth’s roster spot will open up on Tuesday and most likely one of these guys gets promoted to the active roster.
Below is a sortable table with the complete 2013 Steelers 53 man roster as it stands today. This will almost certainly change in a few days, and when it does, I’ll update accordingly.
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The Steelers announced that they have activated Heath Miller from the Physically Unable To Preform list today. This is a great news and reinforces the fact that Heath’s rehabilitation was progressing ahead of schedule. If Heath had remained on the PUP list, he would have had to sit out the first six weeks, keeping him out of team activities until the first week of October. This way, Miller can begin practicing with team right now, and can be worked back into the line up as soon as his knee allows.
The team announced the remaining roster moves today that were necessary to reduce the roster to the required 53. The most surprising move to many people perhaps is the release of Dwyer. Here is a list of the roster moves:
RB Jonathan Dwyer
NT Alameda Ta’amu
CB Terry Hawthorne
WR Justin Brown
P Brian Moorman
CB Josh Victorian
LB Marshall McFadden
TE Jamie McCoy
WR Reggie Dunn
OL Mike Golic Jr
OL Joe Madsen
OL Chris Hubbard
DE Brian Arnfelt
LB Alan Baxter
LB Terence Garvin
CB Devin Smith
WR Kashif Moore
RB Alvester Alexander
TE Nathan Overbay
OL Joe Long
LB Brian Rolle
S Ross Ventrone
Has a nice ring to it, right? Big Ben will be joining 93.7 The Fan for a weekly radio show this fall.
“I am looking forward to spending time every week on The Fan talking about every game and sharing my insights with Steeler Nation”, Ben said of the radio gig.
Starting September 10th, The Ben Roethlisberger Show will air Tuesdays at 11:00 AM with the Vinnie and Cook show.
During his press conference earlier today, Coach Tomlin ruled out the following players for Thursday’s game against the Panthers:
Jarvis Jones, Isaac Redman, Le’Veon Bell, and Heath Miller.
Jarvis Jones is recovering from an AC sprain in his chest that he suffered during the game against the Chiefs.
Redman is being held out for precautionary measures. He suffered a stinger on the 15th in practice and hasn’t seen game time since , but the team wants to see more from Stephens-Howling, Dywer, and Felix Jones.
Bell and Miller aren’t expected to return in the immediate future, so ruling them out of this week’s game was certain.